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== Science and Biology ==
== Science and Biology ==
Hon Yama tea is produced from the Camellia Sinensis plant. The Shizuoka tea fields, like the Hon Yama production area, are located near the Abe and Warashina rivers with the plantations themselves located on the sides of mountainous areas. This causes a weather pattern that includes regular clouds of fog developing over the plantation area. It is believed that this excess of shade as a result from the fog allows the tea plants in Shizuoka to absorb less sunlight. When tea leaves absorb unrestricted amounts of sunlight a chemical process takes place in the buds and leaves. This results in the plant converting its natural amino acid, theanine into various polyphenols. Polyphenols result in the prepared leaves having a bitter or astringent flavor, which is considered to be less palatable to the high end Japanese tea drinking market. <ref>The Biology of Hon Yama [https://hojotea.com/item_e/g01e.htm Hon Yama Plantation site]</ref> <ref>Theanine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theanine Theanine Information] </ref> <ref> Phenolic content in tea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenolic_content_in_tea Phenolic content in tea] </ref>.
== Marketing ==
== Marketing ==
Green Tea produced in Shizuoka and the surrounding area are marketed as high quality <ref> Review of Shizuoka Tea [https://japaneseteasommelier.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/hon-yama-tobetto/ Hon Yama Review]</ref> <ref> Hon Yama Plantation [https://hojotea.com/item_e/g01e.htm Hon Yama Plantation site]</ref>. This is due to the reputation of Shizuoka’s novel growing techniques which result in its tea crop being known for a sweet taste high in theanine and enjoyed as a high class consumer product. Shizuoka is famous for its sencha style of tea which revered for its mild and sweet flavor. <ref> Shizuoka sencha [http://tea-of-japan.com/about-japanese-tea/best-green-tea-freshness-and-quality/722/05/22 Shizuoka sencha]</ref>.
== Production ==
The cultivation, harvest and production techniques of the Shizuoka tea plantations have been practiced for centuries <ref>Tea cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period [http://tea-of-japan.com/about-japanese-tea/best-green-tea-freshness-and-quality/722/05/22 Sencha]</ref> <ref> Tea cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period [https://hojotea.com/item_e/g01e.htm Hojo plantation]</ref> <ref>Tea Cultivation tracing back to the Kamakura period [http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/a_foreign/english/tea/index.html Shizuoka Official site]</ref>. The leaves are harvested from April until May before the rainy season commences. This is believed to yield a higher quality crop than after the rainy period. Leaves harvested following or during the rainy period are reputed to have a weaker taste and thus are not as popular as the earlier harvested leaves in the consumer market. Two well known cultivars of high quality Shizuoka tea are the Yabukita and Omune cultivars.
== Weblinks ==
https://hojotea.com/item_e/g01e.htm
https://teatrekker.com/product/sencha-saito-honyama/
https://japaneseteasommelier.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/hon-yama-tobetto/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture
http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/a_foreign/english/
https://www.mint.go.jp/buy-eng/international-eng/47prefecture-coin-program-eng/eng_coin_international_prefecture_Shizuoka.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makinohara
http://www.city.makinohara.shizuoka.jp/html/otherlanguage/en_experiences.html
https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/EnniBenen.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi-kokushi_H%C5%8Dgo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theanine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenolic_content_in_tea
http://tea-of-japan.com/about-japanese-tea/best-green-tea-freshness-and-quality/722/05/22
==References==
==References==